Dual Boot Installation with Windows 7 and XP

XP install F6 (Load SATA Driver) USB Floppy Drive issue resolved!

For those of you who have new systems without installed floppy drives, loading XP and the needed Sata Driver can be a real issue in this Win 7(loaded 1st) and XP (loaded 2nd) dual boot tutorial.

According to Microsoft:
This issue occurs if the USB floppy disk drive is not supported for use during Windows XP installation. To be supported in this situation, the drive must be listed in the Txtsetup.sif file.

The following USB floppy disk drives are included in the Txtsetup.sif file and are
therefore supported for use during Windows XP installation:

Plug and Play ID USB floppy disk drive model
USB\VID_03EE&PID_6901 Mitsumi
USB\VID_057B&PID_0000 Y-E Data; Sony part number 09K9835
USB\VID_0644&PID_0000 TEAC; IBM option part number 27L4226, FRU 05K9283

The real world solution:
Best Buy, as of 2/25/10, has an ext. USB Floppy drive manufactured by Y-E Data that actually works:

It's the Dynex model DX-EF101 about $40.

Go on the BB site, look for the DX-EF101 and find a local store that has it in-stock
and pick one up, IT WORKS! The BIOS and XP F6 finds it. XP Installed and the Dual Boot tutorial worked Perfectly once you get passed this F6 USB Floppy issue!

NOT all USB FLOPPY DRIVES Work, 98% DO NOT. Do not waste your time buying and testing others as I did.

Thanks Brink and others for previous help,
ItNoWorkie. (it actually Workie now! ;-)

I would just like to say thanks for this tutorial - it has saved me from reinstalling both my hard drives for lack of knowledge!!

Very clear and easy to follow tut!

This tutorial is brilliant!! Much better than the one I used the first time I dual-booted. Thank you!

New to site,very nice!
I am running into a problem trying to add WindowsXP. I get through the partioning OK. But when I try to install WinXP after the intial setup by windows I get a Blue-Screen with the following message:
Stop: 0X0000007E (0X0000005, 0XF78D1EA0, 0XF78D1B9C)
acpi.sys-Address F73B9D66 base at F73AE000, Date Stamp 480252b1
I never get to the actual windows setup.

The windowsxp disc is a new Home Premium OEM disc purchsed at CompUSA. I also tried a different winxp disc from my old Dell Laptop so it was also an OEM version.

Sysytem:
Dell Studio 15 (Laptop)
Windows7 Home Premium
Intel Core I3-330M 2.13GHz
4GB Ram

larrym29 said:

New to site,very nice!
I am running into a problem trying to add WindowsXP. I get through the partioning OK. But when I try to install WinXP after the intial setup by windows I get a Blue-Screen with the following message:
Stop: 0X0000007E (0X0000005, 0XF78D1EA0, 0XF78D1B9C)
acpi.sys-Address F73B9D66 base at F73AE000, Date Stamp 480252b1
I never get to the actual windows setup.

The windowsxp disc is a new Home Premium OEM disc purchsed at CompUSA. I also tried a different winxp disc from my old Dell Laptop so it was also an OEM version.

Sysytem:
Dell Studio 15 (Laptop)
Windows7 Home Premium
Intel Core I3-330M 2.13GHz
4GB Ram

Take a look at this:

SATA Drivers - Load in Windows XP Setup on Dual Boot

So before I go out and spend $40 on a floppy drive. Even though I am not getting the same message you show in your tutorial you feel it is still my SATA drivers (or lack thereof) that is the cause of XP not installing?

Thanks alot for the help

larrym29 said:

New to site,very nice!
I am running into a problem trying to add WindowsXP. I get through the partioning OK. But when I try to install WinXP after the intial setup by windows I get a Blue-Screen with the following message:
Stop: 0X0000007E (0X0000005, 0XF78D1EA0, 0XF78D1B9C)
acpi.sys-Address F73B9D66 base at F73AE000, Date Stamp 480252b1
I never get to the actual windows setup.

The windowsxp disc is a new Home Premium OEM disc purchsed at CompUSA. I also tried a different winxp disc from my old Dell Laptop so it was also an OEM version.

Sysytem:
Dell Studio 15 (Laptop)
Windows7 Home Premium
Intel Core I3-330M 2.13GHz
4GB Ram

I had the same problem. I managed it doing like when xp is loading files.in the begining of installation it asks you to install sata driver press F6 in that time if u press F7.It will enable/disable your ACPI setting is the bios so i didnt get that error.BUT next time i got this error,
0x7B: INACCESSIBLE_BOOT_DEVICE
Do u have any ideas about this?May be we should try theog tutorials.

I am new to this forum, but when I tried to Rep you, I wasn't allowed...sigh. This was a wonderful tutorial and I have now been successful after two months of trying on my own to dual-boot 7/XP. Awesome tutorial, so thanks!